tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35103500802801217162017-02-08T04:55:39.239+00:00Blockading AldermastonBecause disarmament begins at home... Help us stop the next generation of nuclear weapons!dvnoreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-42638980644746569882010-11-09T06:36:00.003+00:002010-11-09T15:22:49.656+00:00Aldermaston lead operator to run UK 2011 CensusUS-based arms giant Lockheed Martin is the lead partner in AWE ML, the private consortium which operates the Atomic Weapons Establishment sites at Aldermaston and Burghfield in Berkshire, England on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence [1]. In addition to the nuclear warheads, Lockheed Martin manufactures the Trident missiles themselves, which the UK leases from the US.
But Lockheed Martin has dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-85903718218513984852010-02-19T01:16:00.009+00:002010-03-24T12:06:10.057+00:00More blockade photos and videos.......................................................................Blockade at Main Gate (Credit: D. Viesnik)
VIDEO
*NEW* Great 5 min video of the blockade by Bombspotting
Aldermaston Video Sound Bites from Nuclear Information Service (on Facebook)
PHOTOS
- Women's Gate pics by Cynthia Cockburn (Picasa)
- By D. Viesnik (over 200 images) (Picasa)
- CND photostream (Flickr - contributed)
- dvnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-91947630953321392242010-02-18T19:28:00.000+00:002010-02-18T19:56:27.903+00:00Arrests Update from Thames Valley PoliceFrom Thames Valley Police website:
Protest – AWE Aldermaston – arrests update
Tuesday 16 February 2010, 12:07pm
Thames Valley Police can confirm that 26 arrests were made at yesterday’s protest at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) in Aldermaston.
Five people were arrested for gaining entry to a secure site and the remaining 21 were for obstruction of the highway.
Eleven people have dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-20449579249069783432010-02-18T17:14:00.003+00:002010-02-18T17:18:36.017+00:00Article in The FriendFrom The Friend:
Friends turn out in peaceful Aldermaston blockade
17 02 2010 | by Symon Hill
Symon Hill reports on the campaign against renewal of the Trident nuclear weapons system
Protestors blockade entrances and exits to the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston on Monday. | Photo: CND CC:BY.
Hundreds of campaigners brought the gates of the Atomic Weapons Establishmentdvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-5715541896320572492010-02-17T21:21:00.003+00:002010-02-17T21:23:25.458+00:00CND Cymru (Wales) appraisal of the blockade................................................................Source: http://www.cndcymru.org/february-15th-2010-aldermaston-wales
Aldermaston AWE Blockade February 15th 2010
On February 15th about 30 Welsh protestors including CND Cymru Chair Jill Evans MEP joined the hundreds blockading the nuclear weapons factory at Aldermaston, England. We had been allocated the Aldermaston AWE dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-6077251985330827832010-02-17T19:45:00.000+00:002010-02-17T19:45:27.262+00:00Women's Gate Press Release15 FEBRUARY 2010
Women’s Successful Blockade at Nuclear Weapons Factory
Today forty women successfully blockaded one of the main gates of the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston. Vehicles of base employees and police were prevented from entering or leaving the gate from 7 am till 10 am. Our non-violent act of peaceful protest was part of a blockade of all seven gates of this nuclear dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-4381380828381704662010-02-15T09:50:00.006+00:002010-02-17T19:55:43.575+00:00Press release
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Hundreds blockade nuclear bomb factory Campaigners call for disarmament of Trident and abolition of nuclear weaponsImage credit: D.nickleberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13646341305720863750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-84533379360256664902010-02-13T08:00:00.000+00:002010-02-12T21:40:01.595+00:00Email in your blockade photos!Send your photos for instant publication during the blockade to:awe [at] cnduk.org
Any mobile phone that can send photo attachments by email can submit images, or you can email them in afterwards from a computer.
Your pictures will be published automatically here, on the CND website and other places.
The subject line of your email will be used as the image title and any text in your email will dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-26154961341096550672010-02-12T10:21:00.003+00:002010-02-12T10:25:25.206+00:00Press ReleaseTrident Ploughshares Press Release12 February, 2010
For immediate release
Nuclear bomb opponents gear up for direct action as new warhead facility gets green light
Campaigners from Trident Ploughshares [1] have slammed the approval of a new enriched uranium facility, saying it gives added justification to their blockade of the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) at Aldermaston, Berkshire next weekdvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-61244632157858537932010-02-08T10:50:00.009+00:002010-02-13T00:09:17.052+00:00Press ReleaseTrident Ploughshares Press Release - Monday 8 February, 2010 Aldermaston Big Blockade – 15 February, 2010 Campaigners to shut down nuclear bomb factory as they call for disarmament of Trident and abolition of nuclear weapons On Monday 15 February, from 7am, hundreds of campaigners from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and other countries will block dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-21497594599334328462010-02-07T21:31:00.000+00:002010-02-11T08:15:31.239+00:00Demo against planned new enriched uranium facility on WednesdayFrom Stop Pegasus: Big demo at West Berkshire planning committee meeting on Wednesday (10th) February: 6pm, Calcot Centre, Highview (off Royal Avenue), Calcot RG31 4XD - join us!
Calcot is just to the west of Reading, just off the M4.
The nearest train station seems to be Theale.
Map: http://tinyurl.com/CalcotMap
dvnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-68035736781320792702010-01-19T13:48:00.014+00:002010-02-17T19:58:37.414+00:00Training, transport and accommodation for the blockade
Practical information to help you prepare for the blockade.
Training Workshops
The following upcoming workshops have been arranged to help prepare groups and individuals for the Aldermaston Blockade on Monday 15th February. If you would like to take part in one of the workshops, please get in touch with the contact person indicated.
England
Sat 23rd Jan, London - Friends House, 175 dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-57856046891152830312010-01-01T16:39:00.003+00:002010-02-11T11:04:38.819+00:00Neuter the Nukes! - Aldermaston Blockade 2010
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*The deadline for objections to the application is *FRIDAY 15 JANUARY*
Guidelines for your objectiondvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-64024817489514611952009-11-21T11:30:00.002+00:002010-02-17T19:57:57.483+00:00Aldermaston Big Blockade - Monday 15 February, 2010Called by Trident Ploughshares and supported by CND and Aldermaston Women's Peace Camp(aign)
The Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston, Berkshire is in the process of spending billions of pounds of UK taxpayers' money building the facilities for a new generation of nuclear warheads. Britain's submarine-launched Trident nuclear missile system already endangers us all, encourages global dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-48795897865136503022009-11-13T12:31:00.010+00:002010-02-11T10:27:05.026+00:00Aldermaston blockaders acquitted!
Four people who took part in the Aldermaston Big Blockade on 27 October 2008 were found not guilty on Thursday (12 November, 2009) of obstructing the highway by a District Judge at Reading Magistrates' Court, Berkshire, south-east England.
District Judge Peter Dixon Crabtree OBE ruled that the prosecution had failed to prove that the defendants were in fact on a highway or obstructing a dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-7414461878332637452009-10-22T22:33:00.013+01:002010-02-11T10:26:41.023+00:00Aldermaston five sought to halt “nuclear war crimes preparations”
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Trial at Reading Magistrates’ Court, Berkshire on Wednesday, 21st October and Thursday 22nd October 2009
While Barack Obama is being congratulated for receiving the Nobel peace prize, partly for his commitment to ‘a world without nuclear weapons’ (1), five people who protested at the gates of Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Aldermaston, where the renewal of Britain’s nuclear weapons is beingdvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-41133492042343521182009-06-16T13:24:00.002+01:002010-02-11T10:49:26.325+00:00Secret blockade at Aldermaston disrupts nuclear bomb-makingReport by Angie Zelter, Trident Ploughshares
Monday 15 June, 2009 - It was a glorious morning as five separate groups made their way towards Aldermaston. At 6.30a.m., Trident Ploughshares (TP) affinity group the Muriel Lesters arrived at North Gate to find it had not been opened yet for the park and ride coaches so they further locked it with their own chains and some super-glue and arranged dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-48448941199438888982009-03-12T15:40:00.004+00:002010-02-11T10:48:52.138+00:00Five women fined for blockading nuclear weapons factory
Trident Ploughshares Press Release
Defendants disappointed at failure of judge to uphold international law
(Photo: Campaigners outside Reading Magistrates' Court - Copyright D. Viesnik 2009)
The founder of Trident Ploughshares, Angie Zelter, from London, was one of five experienced female members of the group on trial at Reading Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 9 March 2009 for obstructing dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-39298210568254530892008-11-29T13:00:00.000+00:002008-11-29T13:10:31.836+00:00New Aldermaston Big Blockade web photo albums.Click here for public albums.See also album on Europe's Nuclear Heritage site.dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-8093781822046218032008-11-15T09:57:00.008+00:002010-02-11T10:48:26.072+00:00“Guilty of trying to provide a better future for the world”Irene Willis appeared at West Berkshire Magistrates’ Court in Newbury on Friday 7 November 2008 to answer the charge of "wilfully obstructing a highway without lawful authority or excuse" at Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Aldermaston, Berkshire, England on Monday 27 October, 2008 (during the Aldermaston Big Blockade).
Irene (left) with supporters outside the Court building.
In responsedvnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-49152473928945664472008-11-11T20:09:00.004+00:002008-11-11T20:52:39.782+00:00Blockade makes front page of Peace NewsCongratulations again to everyone who came from far and wide to blockade Aldermaston and support in various ways. It was a really successful blockade, sending a very powerful message to the British Government and the international community. Good luck to everyone who is in court for defending your beliefs and trying to save lives - our thoughts are with you.The entire front page of this month's dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-42564003649608379592008-11-11T20:00:00.004+00:002008-11-19T01:47:06.864+00:00British Government's AWE-ful lies continue (updated 11/11)http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/nov/04/houseofcommons-lordsYesterday in Parliament:"[Defence Secretary John] Hutton denied the atomic weapons establishment in Aldermaston was being used for the development of new nuclear weapons. But he said it was "vitally necessary" for Britain to maintain the "minimum nuclear deterrent"."This latest ministerial denial is at best exceedingly dvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510350080280121716.post-31253262590514629162008-11-07T21:01:00.002+00:002008-11-07T21:04:32.258+00:00Nuclear weapons manufacturers urged to resign following university visitRepresentatives of the Atomic Weapons Establishment near Aldermaston in East Berkshire have met calls for their resignation after they visited the University of Birmingham to recruit students into the development and manufacture of weapons of mass destruction.Article continues heredvnoreply@blogger.com1